Hike to a Canyon

The wind died down in the night, and we had a calm day today - hurrah! After we packed up and left, we stopped at the Village Store, for a laundry and shower, then on to Boquillas Canyon overlook and trail. The river goes in between two very high cliffs - much higher than it seems in the pictures.

At the overlook, we saw a couple of Mexian guys come across the river on horseback.

They were bringing walking sticks and trinkets to place beside the path for campers to buy.

The walking sticks were really nice, well painted with desert themes, and they were asking $6 or donation. It was really tempting, but we were good campers and resisted!

A couple from Quebec were going along the same trail, and we got them to take our picture with the canyon behind. Those cliffs on the right are in Mexico, and the ones on the left in the USA (and they loomed a lot higher than it looks in the picture!)

After we left there, we drove up to a second campsite at Chisos Basin (N29 16 35.1, W103 18 10.5), up over 5000 feet in the mountains. The road up had very sharp switchbacks, and they indicated that RVs bigger than 24 feet were not allowed (ours is 22 feet.) There was not a level spot in the place, but, we did manage to block up the wheels and level Miss Travelaire to please her refrigerator.

There is a store and visitor center here too with free WiFi, but it is a long, long climb up a hill to get there. Doreen and I climbed up and up this trail this afternoon, and never did get to see any buildings before Doreen said that's enough. We then just drove up there and back (doing all the re-leveling of Miss Travelaire when we got back!) And we saw the exact same Mexican walking sticks in the store for $18.